Hello and welcome to LIVE commentary of Southampton v Sparta Prague in Group K of the Europa League. Kick-off at St Mary's is at 20:05 GMT.

Julis wins a free kick on the right wing after a foul by Ward-Prowse but it comes to nothing.

GOAL! Austin slots in the penalty into the bottom left corner to give the Saints the perfect start.

PENALTY SOUTHAMPTON! After a long delay, the referee awards a spot kick after Tadić's cross hit Nhamoinesu's hand. It looks to be Austin who is taking the penalty.

A bright start from the home side with Romeu lookng impressive.

With Inter Milan and Hapoel Be'er Sheva also in Group K, a home win would be just for tonic for Puel's side.

The visitors, wearing white and blue, get the game underway.

Five minutes till kick-off on the south coast..

It has not been a good night for British sides in the Europa League so far with Manchester United trailling 1-0 to Feyenoord and Dundalk drawing 1-1 with AZ Alkmaar.

The home side look to be going 4-4-2 with Long partnering Austin while the visitors are lining up 5-3-2 with two holding midfielders.

Puel is still looking for his first win having drawn two and losing two in the Premier League. He met with England rugby coach Eddie Jones yesterday to exchange tips.

Saints boss Puel said record signing Sofiane Boufal is still not match fit. "All the team is okay for this game. Boufal continues his preparation but for the others it's good."

Claude Puel has handed starts to Austin, Yoshida, Long, Martina, Ward-Prowse, Hojbjerg and Targett from the team that were unfortunate to lose 2-1 to Arsenal on Saturday.

SOUTHAMPTON: Forster, Yoshida, Long, Austin, Tadic, Romeu, Martina, Ward Prowse, Van Dijk, Hojbjerg, Targett. /// SPARTA PRAGUE: Koubek, Kadlec, Costa, Holek, Vacha, Frydek, Sural, Sacek, Karavaev, Julis, Kadlec.